Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 120 Race against time (24)

Sanhe Film and Television...its start was all thanks to Yu Zheng!
In 07, the fledgling Sanhe invested in the Republican drama "Rouge Snow" produced by Fan Bingbing and "The Last Princess" starring Huo Siyan, and the screenwriter of these two dramas was Yu Zheng.

In order to gain more say, Yu Zheng transformed himself into a producer and claimed: If you want me to be a producer, I won’t charge for the script!

So, Sanhe invested in the Republican-era melodrama "Rose Rivers and Lakes" produced by Yu Zheng.

The drama "Rose Rivers and Lakes" received very good responses after it was broadcast on Hunan's terrestrial channel. Yu Zheng successfully transformed into a producer, and Sanhe Film and Television also successfully entered the film and television industry.

They then collaborated with Yu Zheng on several dramas, including "The Maid," and during this period, Sanhe Film and Television mainly focused on period dramas...

Subsequently, the two sides collaborated on several dramas including "Palace", "The King's Woman" and "The Legend of Snow". The most successful one was the Qing Dynasty drama "Palace", which was produced and broadcast before Tangren's "Scarlet Heart". On the most popular day, the drama's audience share reached 14.28%, which was higher than the News Broadcast.

At this time, Sanhe Film and Television has been renamed Huanrui Century!

Ji Xiang actually chose Huanrui...

Shen Yan didn’t quite understand!

Ji Xiang explained: "They set up a studio for us and promised to give priority investment to any projects we have!"

Shen Yan was speechless: "Can't we open our own studio? Can't we get investment?"

“…different…”

"What's the difference?"

Ji Xiang simply confessed: "They pay a lot of money!"

"How much can you give?"

"4000 million!"

Shen Yan was shocked: "...Oh my god!"

"Love Through the Millennium", according to Ji Xiang's budget, it can be completed with a maximum of 30 million...

Huanrui actually approved 4000 million?
It’s really a waste of money!
No wonder Ji Xiang was moved...

However, Shen Yan still refused: "If we want to set up a studio, I think it's better to maintain a certain degree of independence... I don't know what you think, but I think our future focus should be on movies. I personally don't think it's appropriate for you to be tied to a company that specializes in TV dramas!"

“…You mean do it yourself?”

"Well, do it yourself. I've already negotiated with Director Liang Shengquan!"

"Love Through the Millennium" is directed by Liang Shengquan and co-directed by Lin Yufen and Gao Linbao.

The production team has been assembled!

Actually, with 30 million in funds, Ji Xiang could afford it...

But... he had a lot of concerns.

The most important thing is the return of funds...

The development, production, broadcasting and payment collection of a TV series often takes 1.5 to 2 years.

If you have problems...

It will be slower!
This is also Shen Yan’s concern - "Love Through the Millennium" is a time-travel Yue Opera!
It must be broadcast before December next year.

Although I don’t remember the exact time, time-travel dramas were banned in 2012!

It seems that an elementary school student jumped into a river after watching a time-travel drama, and left a note saying that he wanted to go to the Qing Dynasty to find the prince to film a movie... This incident caused a lot of uproar at the time...

Shen Yan waved his hand: "Didn't I ask you to find a video website? What did they say?"

"Sohu is willing to invest 1500 million... but I always feel like it's a bit of a loss!"

"…Find a few more. What does Youku say?"

"Youku's Gu Yongqiang is too stingy..."

Gu Yongqiang is indeed stingy. After going public, he didn't think about hoarding copyrights, but instead focused on advertising. He pioneered the 120-second commercials and even had to run 2-second commercials for 90-minute short videos...

It's normal. Youku started out with user-generated content—user-uploaded content. There are also many esports anchors who update their videos on Youku...

By the way, back then, video websites were all user-generated content, meaning users uploaded content to the website. That sounds fine. But the reality was that many websites hired specialized piracy organizations to upload pirated content to the website in the name of users, relying on piracy to attract traffic...

Then the copyright war began!
The most ruthless one was Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu, who actually sued the advertisers as well - no brand wants to be associated with piracy.

Sohu's most ruthless move against Youku was to put Youku's advertiser Coca-Cola on the defendant's bench.

Shen Yan then asked, "What about iQiyi?"

“…iQiyi was just established.” “It’s more courageous because it’s just established…”

"Okay, I'll go talk to him... What's your bottom line?"

“…It’s going to be higher than Sohu anyway!”

After a pause, Shen Yan added, "Hurry up. 'Lotus Tower' will be finished by the end of November... 'Love Through the Millennium' will be approved by the end of December at the latest... I think next summer will be the best time to air it!"

"Ah? Are you sure?"

"What's wrong?"

"Not to mention that 'Lotus Tower' will be airing in July, Hunan TV's 'New Return of the Pearl' is also in the summer season!"

"It's okay. 'Lotus Tower' finished airing in a month... As for 'New Return of the Condor Heroes', I'm not optimistic about it!"

"What?"

"Qiong Yao dramas are no longer in line with the times!"

"New Return of the Pearl" and "New Love in the Rain" have been approved...

Then, "New Return of the Pearl" failed, and "Romance in the Rain" quickly withdrew its investment...

"Let's talk about it then!"

Seeing that he didn't care, Shen Yan simply told the truth: "There will be a lot of time-travel dramas airing next year... I'm worried that something might go wrong!"

"Something happened? What could possibly happen to a TV show?"

“…What if some kids imitate me?”

"how is this possible?"

Shen Yan said: "There are children imitating "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"..."

Ji Xiang was stunned for a moment...It's really scary when you think about it!

Don't overestimate the experience of elementary school students - there are people who really think they can travel through time, fall in love with the emperor, and then commit suicide...

The General Administration usually takes a one-size-fits-all approach. Once a problem occurs, this type of content will be banned directly...

"We have to shoot it quickly and broadcast it as soon as we finish shooting!"

……

After the dinner, Shi Shi and Shen Yan returned to the hotel...

When they got to the room, Shi Shi suddenly asked him, "Now that you have made money, what are you going to do?"

"Buy a house...first buy one in BJ, then buy one in Shanghai..."

"Is that enough money?"

"... should be enough." Shen Yan pondered for a moment, then asked her: "What about you?"

“I’ll just save it…”

"You can buy Tencent shares. With the recent 3Q war, Tencent's stock price has plummeted. This is a good time to buy!"

“I don’t understand this…”

"Anyway, I bought 1200 million... and will sell it off in three months. You'll know then!"

Shi Shi rolled her eyes and repeated, "I don't understand these..."

“…Do you believe me?”

"Believe it!"

Shen Yan: "Then give me the money and I will help you manage it!"

“…Okay,” Shi Shi nodded, “but I only have a little over three million in savings…”

"Ah? So little?" Shen Yan was surprised, then asked in confusion: "Haven't you signed a lot of endorsements recently?"

"My split with the company is 2:8... and a lot of endorsement money hasn't been paid yet!"

"Twenty-eight split...tsk tsk, Cai Yinong is truly a capitalist!"

"No," Shi Shi explained, "Actually, I was planning to be a dance teacher. Earning this much money has already exceeded my expectations!"

(End of this chapter)